We love our volunteers, and the Sanctuary would not be what it is without them! We wanted to share another special story about an amazing volunteer at the Sanctuary, Katrin Weixel. Kat found HWAH through her work at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association....
From December 2013: "Candyman (or Candy, as he’s best known), is the Sanctuary’s senior statesman and the last of HWAH’s “originals”. Years ago, Candy, a handsome champagne miniature poodle, was brought to the Montgomery County Humane Society after his owner passed...
Meet Tiny Tim! Tiny Tim was a little white poodle. What made him special was his big personality! This long-legged, one-eyed, toothless, little seventeen-year-old came to HWAH with his brother Sir Shag, from the Caroline County Humane Society, where they had been...
Told by Susan: On a cold Sunday in January of 2016, I stood in front of the oxygen chamber in the Critical Care Unit at Veterinary Referral Associates, watching Marzi pant as she tried to get enough air. Sher had asked me to visit Marzi to see what I thought. Was it...
People often say about Sher, “How wonderful that you dedicate your life and home to saving senior pets.” And it is truly an amazing thing to see an entire home full of happy healthy senior pets. But the real miracle is the amazing transformation that occurs when a...
Noodle was a ten-year-old little Jack Russell who came to us from the MCHS in November of 2011 where she was surrendered by her owner. She needed to be quarantined when she arrived because of kennel cough. That’s when we realized we would have our hands full! Noodle...
Faith was a tiny little poodle that came to HWAH from Caroline County Humane Society. She had been found in a ditch and was extremely emaciated and in very poor condition. We were fearful at first that she wouldn’t survive her terrible ordeal but after several...
Giorgio was one of the most magnificent kitties you’d ever want to meet. He’d been at the Sanctuary for many years and lived in luxury with his feline buddies in the upstairs kitty suite, being pampered by the volunteers who came to spend time with Giorgio and his...
In 2008, at the age of twelve, Freddy came to House with a Heart as an owner surrender. He wasn’t in such good shape since he was suffering from a bladder stone that hadn’t been removed and it hurt him a lot. But as soon as the vet took out that nasty stone, that was...
Little Rudy was a six-to-eight year old Jack Russell mix who came to us from the Montgomery County Humane Society in the Fall of 2010 when he was picked up as a stray. Although younger than our other residents, his physical condition was so poor that his chances of...